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1) Almost every job now involves capturing multiple assets for the client. It’s a broadcast spot, stills for social media, shooting 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16 with multiple cameras to capture everything.
2) I’ve always loved the work that Apple has done and this year was no exception. The “Unlocked” spot and “Little Company” spot stand out to me as extraordinary filmmaking as well as the ad for the iPhone XR “Don’t Mess with Mother.” The beautiful photography in that spot that was shot entirely on an iPhone demonstrates that its not the camera that makes the great images but the photographer.
6) We have always made an effort to increase diversity in our crews and have participated in several job fairs and training programs to increase the percentage of women and minorities in our crews. We shoot frequently in Illinois and to take advantage of the Illinois Film Tax credit you are required to document your efforts to create a diverse crew that mirrors the diversity of the State of Illinois, which is 20% people of color and 50% women. I am proud to report that we meet or exceed those percentages on every job we produce.
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads โ essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More